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TOUCHES
Definition of TOUCHES
noun
plural of touch
verb
Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
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Word DNA
TOUCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, TOUCH.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,204)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOUCH · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOUCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOUCHES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOUCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found TOUCHES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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